针对性别不安的法律挑战如何演变为争取残疾人权利的斗争

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A push by Republican attorneys general in 17 states to strike down part of a federal law that protects disabled people from discrimination has prompted an outcry from advocates, parents and some local officials. The GOP-led lawsuit targets certain protections for transgender people. But some experts warn it has the potential to weaken federal protections.

针对性别不安的法律挑战如何演变为争取残疾人权利的斗争

作者：Anna Claire Vollers，

2026 年 5 月 6 日

Charlotte Cravins’ son Landry turned 2 in January.他是一个爱笑的小男孩，喜欢唱“Itsy Bitsy Spider”，最近得到了他的第一副眼镜。

Landry was born with Down syndrome and has impaired vision. He receives publicly funded therapies that have helped him learn to crawl, to pull himself up to stand, and to use American Sign Language.

Landry lives with his parents and sister in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one of the eight states whose attorney general has chosen to remain in a lawsuit challenging a federal rule that protects accommodations for people with disabilities. States are asking a federal court in Texas to declare unconstitutional a part of federal law that requires states to provide services to disabled people in their communities, rather than in institutions, when appropriate.

Cravins, an attorney, has followed the case with increasing concern. If the states succeed, that could strip disabled people like her son of the right to publicly funded services that allow them to live in their own homes and neighborhoods, and instead push them into institutions such as state hospitals and nursing homes.

“Landry is a part of our family, a part of the community,” she said, “and to present his involvement in our family and in our community as a burden is unconscionable.”

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But the suit has since morphed into something different.

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State efforts have echoed those at the federal level.